Access on Main Street http://www.accessonmainstreet.net Hooking up a usable world, one mainstream product at a time. Mon, 27 Dec 2010 20:41:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en iPad dock will add gesture control http://www.accessonmainstreet.net/2010/12/27/ipad-dock-will-add-gesture-control/ New phone designs could help users with disabilities http://www.accessonmainstreet.net/2010/12/21/new-phone-designs-might-help-users-with-disabilities/ Optical character recognition tool might have applications for assistive technology users English and English->Spanish for now). Because this uses optical character recognition, we wonder if the technology could also be used to address the inaccessibility of bitmapped text on Web pages by capturing text and relaying it [...]]]> http://www.accessonmainstreet.net/2010/12/21/optical-character-recognition-tool-might-have-applications-for-assistive-technology-users/ Bedside table serves as Twitter interface http://www.accessonmainstreet.net/2010/12/08/bedside-table-serves-as-twitter-interface/ Clock provides visual cues on appropriate sleep/wake times http://www.accessonmainstreet.net/2010/12/06/clock-provides-visual-cues-on-appropriate-sleepwake-times/ Chameleon lamp reacts to ambient background http://www.accessonmainstreet.net/2010/11/24/chameleon-lamp-reacts-to-ambient-background/ 911 to expand communication options http://www.accessonmainstreet.net/2010/11/23/911-to-be-reachable-via-text-message/ Voice-activated flashlight http://www.accessonmainstreet.net/2010/11/17/voice-activated-flashlight/ Instapaper auto adjusts contrast based on time of day http://www.accessonmainstreet.net/2010/11/16/instapaper-auto-adjusts-contrast-based-on-time-of-day/ Visual signal for Twitter keywords http://www.accessonmainstreet.net/2010/11/16/visual-signal-for-twitter-keywords/